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Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]

Scope and Contents

Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.

Dates

  • Creation: 27 May 1693

Creator

Physical Description

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Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

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Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

Kiki's number = 26

(Unsure what "communicata a ..." means, in Gregory's index title?)

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher 25 May 2001

Repository Details

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